Film Editors, help! FCE/HDV/FCP transfer issues.

I am using FCE 3.51. I want to edit HDV footage, digitized on a system with FCP 6.03. My computer plays the audio on the .mov files but I cannot view the video, there is no video. Can my FCE digitize HDV footage off a SONY HVR-7Z1U?
I hope I worded this correctly. If you have any ideas, I'd really appreciate it.
Thank you!

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